cj’s one hundred and thirteen comments

banana512 - we use our foot, old-time style, too. To make sure we all get the message (there’s usually a dozen of us) we require ALL of us to raise a foot. more…

The flag bikini was photo-shopped - here’s the story: more…

Wednesdays at 7:30 now. Two of our musicians just spent time at Zouk Fest, and a couple came back from Alasdair Fraser’s Fiddle Camp, too. Another one was at Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp last summer. more…

Oliver Sacks’s latest book, Musicophilia, talks about this kind of experience - it’s not uncommon. more…

Yeah, I tried to make mine purple, but it came out red. So just be aware that the person south of Reverand is *not* an accordion/concertina. I’m more of a Toby mug 🙂 more…

Well, Dgo’s not quite a “city” yet I don’t think 🙂, and there’ll be posters around town for the dances, which are held on the first Sat of the month at the VFW at 15th and Main. There’s a big Celtic fest every year, too, so you’ll find some there. more…

Well, yes there are, tho I don’t think there’s a session. Ask around at the contra dances - there’s a harpist that can get you in touch with the fiddlers and more that play, and one of the fiddler’s husbands does the sound often. more…

Roaring Jelly just put together a jig set for a contra dance of Here We Go Looby Lou/Pop Goes the Weasel/Eating Goober Peas/Daisy (Daisy is a 16-bar tune and has to be played twice for once thru the dance, more…

Wunnerful, wunnerful - oh, that comment belongs on the Lawrence Welk polka site, so I’ll revise it - more…

It’s one of those tunes that gets around. There’s a Norwegian set dance to it, and that’s why one of the alternate names for it in the tune database here is Seksmanrill. If you search the tune base for SJ there’s quite a long discussion. more…